GYPSY
ADJECTIVES
1632 ► GYPSIAN characteristic of Gypsies
1749 ► EGYPTIAN gypsy → humorous usage
1900 ► FAW-LIKE gypsy-like, untidy, slatternly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1924 ► GIPPO → GYPPO designating a member of the Romani people → later offensive & derogatory
1930 ► GIPPY pert. to a gypsy or gypsy culture → sl.
NOUNS
1615 ► GIPSYISM → GYPSYISM the condition of being a Gypsy, esp. characterized as a disreputable or otherwise unconventional way of life
1774 ► GYPSIETY the quality of being a Gypsy → obs.
1777 ► FAW-GANG a gang of gypsies, rogues, or beggars
1830 ► THE FAIR-GANG gypsies → colloq.
1873 ► GIPSYRY → GYPSYRY a Romani encampment
1925 ► CAMPROL a gypsy spell → Sc.
2000 ► GYPO-BASHING racially motivated physical attacks on gypsies → UK sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1175 ► TINKLER a tinker; a worker in metal; in Scotland, north of England, and Ireland, a gypsy or other itinerant mender of pots, pans, and metal-work → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1514 ► EGYPTIAN a gypsy
1534 ► GIPSEN a gypsy → obs.
1537 ► GIPSY a member of a wandering race of Hindu origin, which first appeared in England about the beginning of the 16th century, and was then believed to have come from Egypt
1561 ► TINKER in Scotland and north of Ireland, the ordinary name for a gypsy
1581 ► ZINGANO a gypsy
..17C ► MAN’S MAN a gypsy → Brit. sl.
1603 ► MOON’S MAN a gypsy → thieves’ sl.
1608 ► MOONMAN a gypsy → thieves’ sl.
1609 ► LAND-PIRATE a highwayman; a wandering thief; a gypsy → sl.
1617 ► ZINGARA a gypsy girl or woman
1617 ► ZINGARO a gypsy
1663 ► KAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, tramp, vagrant → Sc.
1684 ► TRANTRELL → TRANTRILL an idle person, esp. a girl; a vagrant, a vagabond; a gypsy → Eng. dial.
1696 ► STROLLER a vagabond, itinerant, man of no settled abode; a gypsy, beggar, peddler, hawker, etc. → sl.
1698 ► SAD CATTLE prostitutes, viewed as a group; impudent, lewd women; gypsies → UK criminals’ sl.
1722 ► ZINGANA a gypsy girl or woman
1756 ► FAW a gypsy
1756 ► VAGABOND a nomad; a gypsy
1768 ► CAIRD a travelling tinker; a gypsy, a tramp, a sturdy beggar → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1786 ► TINKLER’S-GIPSY a wandering vagabond, a gypsy → Sc.
1802 ► TZIGANE a member of the Romani people; a Gypsy, esp. one from central or eastern Europe, particularly Hungary → later considered offensive
1834 ► GITANO a male (Spanish) gypsy
1843 ► ZINCALO a Spanish gypsy
1845 ► GITANA a female gypsy
1845 ► ZIGEUNER a gypsy
1845 ► ZIGEUNERIN a female gypsy
1847 ► PIKEY a Gypsy or member of a travelling people; more generally, a lower-class person regarded as coarse or disreputable → Eng. dial. & sl., later considered offensive
.M19 ► MUMPER a half-breed gypsy, a ‘second-rate’ gypsy, i.e. one who has no van → sl.
.M19 ► PIKER a vagrant, a tramp; a Gypsy → sl.
.M19 ► ROMANY RYE a gentleman that talks and associates with gypsies → colloq.
1853 ► DIDAKAI → DIDDEKAI → DIDDICOY → DIDEKEI → DIDICOI → DIDICOY → DIDYCOY a gypsy → sl.
1855 ► TANTREL → TANTRELL → TANTRIL an idle, unsettled person, who will not fix to any employment; a desultory wanderer or vagabond; hence, a gypsy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1863 ► BEDOUIN one who lives a Bedouin-like life; a gypsy
1868 ► GIPPO → GYPO → GYPPO a member of the Romani people; a Gypsy; also, a poor or ill-kempt person → later offensive and derogatory
1868 ► ZINCALA a female Spanish gypsy
1874 ► FAA a gypsy or a vagabond → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1886 ► GADJO → GADZO with reference or Romani use: a non-Romani person
1886 ► GIP → GYP a Gypsy → colloq., sometimes offensive
1886 ► GIPTIAN a gypsy → obs. (Bk.)
1893 ► HALF-SCRAG a half-caste gypsy → UK sl.
1898 ► CAMPER a gypsy, an itinerant tinker, etc. → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..L19 ► GYPPER a gypsy → UK sl., derogatory, casually racist
..L19 ► JIPPO a gypsy → sl., usually derogatory
..20C ► RAG-HEAD a gypsy → US sl.
..E20 ► ROSSIE a promiscuous woman; a woman who travels or wanders about; a female Gypsy → Irish derogatory
1900 ► FAYTOR a vagabond, a gypsy, a fortune-teller → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 ► GIPPY → GYPPIE → GYPPY a gypsy → sl.
1933 ► GAJO a stranger, a non-gypsy → UK gypsy usage
1953 ► JINGEROO a gypsy → Amer. dial.
1963 ► ZIGEUNERBARON a gypsy baron
1969 ► GENTLEMAN OF THE ROAD a gypsy
1975 ► GAGO a non-Gypsy → Amer. Gypsy usage (Bk.)
2000 ► MITCHAM GYPSY a person who wishes to be or pretends to be a gypsy → Brit. sl.
NOUNS, PERSON – OTHER
.M19 ► ROMANY RYE a non-gypsy gentleman who associates with gypsies → sl.
1863 ► GIPSOLOGIST one who makes a special study of gypsies
1863 ► GIPSYOLOGIST one who makes a special study of gypsies
1875 ► GIPSIOLOGIST one who makes a special study of gypsies
1904 ► WALKING MORT a tramp or gypsy’s woman → sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
1820 ► GIPSY → GYPSY to live or act like a Gypsy; to have meals in the open air → obs.
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